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cpinte committed Dec 8, 2023
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- a 64-bits Unix system, including Linux or MacOS X,
- any data analysis software capable of handling FITS files.

MCFOST is also available for Xeon Phi but performance is not optimal
yet. Stay tuned.



Binary Installation Procedure
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1. Download the tar ball with the pre-compiled binary:

http://ipag.osug.fr/public/pintec/mcfost/linux/mcfost.tgz
http://ipag.osug.fr/public/pintec/mcfost/mac/mcfost.tgz
https://github.com/cpinte/mcfost/releases/latest/download/mcfost_Linux-X64.tar.gz
https://github.com/cpinte/mcfost/releases/latest/download/mcfost_macOS-X64.tar.gz

.. note:: On macOS, if you download the archive from your web browser, you might need to bypass macOS security with::

$ xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine mcfost

Alternatively, you can download from link above with wget (which does not add the `quarantine` attribute).

2. Extract the file and make it executable::

$ tar -xvzf mcfost.tgz
$ tar -xvzf mcfost_*-X64.tgz
$ chmod +x mcfost

3. Make a directory where you move mcfost (or move mcfost in any directory defined in your shell path)::
3. Make a directory where you wish move mcfost (or move mcfost in any directory defined in your shell path)::

$ mkdir -p ~/mcfost/bin
$ mv mcfost ~/mcfost/bin
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